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American killed in mine blast in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Dir 23. A US Army employee was killed and three other American civilians were wounded Wednesday when their vehicle struck an anti-tank mine near Bardera. the next destination of the Marines' mercy mission, reports AP.
The death was the first of an American since Marines came ashore in Mogadishu on Dec 9 as the vanguard of a US-led multinational force to safeguard the delivery of food to Somalia's starving
The four, three of them State Department security officials. were tn the area on a reconnaissance mission. Marine spokesman .Col. Fred Peck told reporters tn Mogadishu.
He said the Army employee was killed instantly and the wounded were taken to the USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship off the Somali coast, where one was In critical and two were in stable condition.
Peck said a second mine was found in the area but he did not know if the mines were newly laid. They were travelling in an area where it was assume all known mines were marked." he said.
The four had travelled from Baidoa, about 120 miles (190 kms) to the north, along the same route 1.000 Marines and French paratroopers planned to take Thursday.
Peck said they were alone in a "civilian vehicle" about a half mile (one kilometer) north of Bardera's airfield. He said their names would be released later.
U S special envoy Robert Oakley was to fiy to Bardera later Wednesday to talk to clan elders and community leaders in advance of the marines ar rival. The helicopter that was to have taken him to Bardera was used to evacuate the wounded. Peck said.
He said Oakley was either already tn Bardera or en route, and that the incident would not affect U S plans to move into Bardera.
Peck noted that it was well-known that the road from Baidoa to Bardera was mined, as is the road to Hoddur, another famine-plagued town where Marines arc headed on Christmas.
On Tuesday, Peck said no opposition was expected tn either Bardera Hoddur, which is about 90 miles (150 kms) north of Baidoa.
Both towns are Important distribution points for aid in a countty where famine has taken up to 350,000 lives and threatens 2 million more.
Reuter says: U S Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghall, urging him to plan quickly for replacements of U S troops in Somalia.
Diplomats close to the talks, which came a day after the U N chief again criticise the United States for its reluctance to fully disarm Somali gunmen, described them as cooperative, and without rancour.
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